Explosives are the most likely cause for the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam, experts have told Sky News, days after its breach caused catastrophic flooding
"It didn't make this noise before the explosions," one user said.
Another clip taken from the air and shared by Ukrainian officials shows the scene around two hours later. An excerpt of the two-and-a-half-minute-long video can be viewed below. "In dam construction, the risks to a dam's failure are natural disasters like seismic events or heavy rainfall. But we have not had any of that in Ukraine, so it's clear that some sort of man-made application on the reinforced concrete section must have caused it," he told Sky News.
In October last year, Ukrainian officials accused Russia of planting explosives inside the structure as far back as April - which is what they say was behind Tuesday's disaster.In November, one of its floodgates was damaged by a shell in what a Ukrainian general told the Washington Post was a"test" hit to explore options for the counteroffensive Ukraine was mounting in the area.
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